Article
Triplet-Primed PCR Assays for Accurate Screening of FMR1 CGG Repeat Expansion and Genotype Verification.
Current protocols - 1 May 2022
Rajan-Babu Indhu-Shree, Lian Mulias, Chong Samuel S
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome and other fragile X-associated disorders are caused by the full-mutation (>200 copies) and premutation (55 to 200 copies) expansion, respectively, of the CGG short tandem repeat in the fragile X messenger ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMR1) gene. Clinical diagnostic laboratories use Southern blot analysis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based tests to detect and/or size the FMR1 CGG repeats. The...
Topics
- Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Genotype
- Humans
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Ribonucleoproteins
